TRAVEL

goodbye desert, hello beach.

We’re off to Tulum, Mexico for Lisa and Reed’s wedding! Tulum is on the southern edge of Mexico’s Riviera Maya about 1.5 hours south…

i’ll show you how cold it is.

Danny’s been back and forth to Denver, Colorado lately for work. He loves it.   A couple of weeks ago, he sent me this…

the last day of 2o1o.

If I’m being honest, 2010 was good – not great. Don’t get me wrong, we did and saw many wonderful things together. It was…

an afternoon in santa monica.

There’s something so peaceful about Santa Monica. I love all the little shops on Montana Avenue and walking down Ocean Blvd. I wish Hunter…

oh los angeles, how i love thee.

The Los Angeles portion of our Southern California vacation started here… I thought the rain would squash our plans, but everything totally worked out (imagine…

the places we’ve been in 2010.

Happy New Year’s Eve! One of our annual holiday traditions is to sit back and reflect on everything we did and accomplished throughout the…

nomads in LA.

Since Thursday we’ve gone from LA – San Diego – Orange County – LA… and this isn’t our last stop. Nomads. Danny’s been a…

cowboy christmas.

Every 23rd of December, Quinn and a group of 200+ friends take over a bar in Brentwood, Los Angeles to celebrate Christmas in true…

how do you say 30 in australian?

Happy Birthday DANimal! You’re our favorite Aussie and we hope you have a super special day. We’ve only got a handful of years under our…

dan’s texas-sized bachelor party.

Danny made it home from Dan’s Austin Bachelor Party safe and sound. His voice is kinda shot and he’s still tired but overall in good shape considering…

super sunny california.

The Arizona sun followed The Tings to Southern California this weekend. The entire state saw record breaking heat … similar to when we visited…

an all about weddings weekend.

Hi from Southern California. This weekend is going to be allllll about weddings and I’m so happy about that! I love all things wedding related. First and foremost,…

maui, hawaii.

some memories, inside jokes & photos from our recent trip to maui. it’s aloha friday.  you don’t come to maui for the food.  (we had…

hau’oli lā hānau.

….that’s Hawaiian for Happy Birthday. Yup, today I start my 27th year. This past year will be a tough one to beat but I’m…

aloha.

Well, I’m glad we hung-up on the airlines when we were about to cancel our flights last night because…. we’re saying aloha! Syd’s AIHA prodedure went great, everyone…

will you marry me?

It was two years ago today that Danny got on bended knee and asked me that very question. We were in San Francisco for…

get your yelp on!

Do you Yelp? If you don’t, you should. Yelp is a fabulous & free online review source for just about anything. Looking for a…

Oh Beautiful Amsterdam. We love you.

The second stop of our honeymoon was in Amsterdam, Holland and we loved it. Renting a scooter and cruising around for an entire day…

our piece of the applegate.

Its been a fun-filled few days in Oregon with the Schramm’s – and it’s not over yet (hooray)! The weather has been perfect for…

We be in Fiji.

a look at our weeklong stay on the quaint bounty island in the mamanuca islands of fiji in 2005.   

do you want to hear a DC story?

… this was the main theme of our DC visit last week. (our friend Matt was filled with stories for us). I think it would be…

we heart nyc.

We didn’t have a lot of time in NYC but we packed a lot in… Attempted drinks at a hidden speakeasy in a hot dog…

back to reality.

We got back to Phoenix late last night and I’m going through my typical post-vacation blues. I always get them. Always. But, they’re extra bad after vacations with…

the tings in two cities.

…We’re off to NYC and Washington DC! Both D and I love NYC. Its undeniably one of the best cities in the world and…

wilkommen zuhause!

…That’s “Welcome Home” in German. We made a last minute decision to spend the weekend in Tucson with Danny’s parents. They just returned from…

where to begin?

Blog wasn’t even a word in our vocabulary in 2002, but how cool would it be if we’d started blogging way back then? I’d…

Hello! London, England.

snapshots from the first stop on our two-week honeymoon. stop #1 london, england! amazing.

Honeymoon in Paris, France.

After our wedding weekend in Rancho Santa Fe (San Diego), California we left for a two-week honeymoon in Western Europe. London // Amsterdam //…